Space News
Time-Lapse: Orbit
Bad Astronomy - 10 Aug 2014 14:00
It's been a long time since we've seen a new time-lapse video of the Earth seen from the International Space Station, so how about this one from Selmesfilms called "Orbit"? Lovely! Funny, too: Although there's nothing re...
Vintage NASA Spacecraft Buzzes the Moon Today After 36 Years in Space
SPACE.com - 10 Aug 2014 15:32
A 36-year-old NASA spacecraft will begin a new interplanetary science mission today (Aug. 10) when it makes a close pass by the moon. You can watch the lunar flyby live online at 1:30 p.m. EDT. Here's how to watch.
Airframe Structure for First Commercial Dream Chaser Spacecraft Unveiled
Universe Today - 10 Aug 2014 05:51
The orbital airframe structure for the first commercial Dream Chaser mini-shuttle that will launch to Earth orbit just over two years from now has been unveiled by Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) and program partner Lock...
Fear Not the Moon, Perseids Always a Great Show
Universe Today - 10 Aug 2014 18:05
Get ready for the darling of meteor showers this week -- the Perseids. Who can deny their appeal? Not only is the shower rich with fiery flashes of meteoric light, but the meteors come in August when the weather's couldn...
The Black Hole at the Beginning of Time --"We may have Emerged from a Black Hole in a Higher-Dimensional Universe"
The Daily Galaxy - 10 Aug 2014 17:03
What we perceive as the big bang, physicists at the Perimeter Institure argue, could be the three-dimensional "mirage" of a collapsing star in a universe profoundly different than our own. Conventional understanding hold...
The Peloponnese, Greece, As Seen From Orbit
SpaceRef - 10 Aug 2014 13:45
The Peloponnese, Greece is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 39 crew member on the International Space Station. This view shows most of Greece....
The Floor of Crater Harriot B
SpaceRef - 10 Aug 2014 13:23
The planets in the Solar System are continuously bombarded by space rocks. This violent process early on formed the planets by accretion, and impacts still shape the surface of terrestrial and icy bodies today....
'Superest' Supermoon Full Moon of 2014 Rises Tonight: Watch Live Online
SPACE.com - 10 Aug 2014 13:03
The largest full moon of 2014 rises today (Aug. 10), and even if you don't have a clear view of the sky, you can still catch the cosmic action live online.